Gewirk ( fa, گورک, ckb, گەورک), also known as the "Gawerk" or "Gewrek", are a

Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...

ish tribe inhabiting areas of modern-day

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The people of the Gewirk tribe mainly inhabit the following cities of Iran:

Urmia Urmia or Orumiyeh ( fa, ارومیه, Variously transliterated as ''Oroumieh'', ''Oroumiyeh'', ''Orūmīyeh'' and ''Urūmiyeh''.) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran and the capital of Urmia County. It is situated at an alt ...

, Sardasht ,

Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...

, Mahabad, Saqez, Boukan, Salmas and Shepiran. In Turkey, they mainly inhabit the following provinces and cities:

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, Başkale and Gürpınar. In Iraq, they mainly inhabit the following

Shaqlawa district Shaqlawa District ( ku, قەزای شەقڵاوە, Qezay Şeqlawe, ar, قضاء شقلاوة) is a district in the Erbil Governorate, Iraq. This district encompasses three sub-districts Hiran, Salahaddin and Harir, and 210 villages. It lies 5 ...

Erbil Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000. Hu ...

. The historical center of the Gewirk tribe is

, a city in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran. Gawerk - Rabat- hasan agha

The

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is a part of the Billbas Tribal Federation and with the members of the tribe speaking the

Mokryan Mukriyan () or 'Deryaz' was a Kurdish principality from the late 14th century to the 19th century centered around Mahabad. Mukriyan was a neighbor to the Emirate of Bradost. Geography and tribes Mukriyan encompassed the area south of Lake Ur ...

accent of the Kurdish language. Gawerk- Kurdistan -Rabat house of rashid agha

References

* Gewirk Tribe in history of Kurdistan, written by Mohsen Rashidi Gewirk {{Authority control Kurdish tribes